Europe and Middle East

Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in Europe and Middle East. independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

Tulfarris Hotel. County Wicklow

02/03/2020 by .

Sunborn Yacht Hotel, London Docklands

27/02/2020 by .
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It’s not often you can honestly say you have stayed the night in a city hotel that’s quite literally different from anywhere else you may have experienced. Sunborn London is just that. A superyacht permanently moored at the Royal Victoria Dock, no more than a yardarm from the O2 and Excel Centre.

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Bankside Hotel. London South Bank.

25/02/2020 by .
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Andy Mossack reviews Bankside Hotel, one of the new trendy breed of urban hotels on London’s Southbank

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Rixos Premium Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

20/02/2020 by .
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Andy Mossack visits Rixos Premium Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi and thinks it might well be the best proper all-inclusive resort he’s ever experienced.

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Hotel Pelirocco. Discover Cool and stylish in Brighton

18/02/2020 by .
A Brighton institution, Hotel Pelirocco is so cool that the owners even released an album in 2003. Singstar Room lit up by Light Trick Photography

A Brighton institution, Hotel Pelirocco is so cool that the owners even released an album in 2003.

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The Merry Harriers, Surrey

13/02/2020 by .
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Shepherds Huts have come a long way since Thomas Hardy’s day. Though they have always had a romantic artisanal appeal, boosted by films of Hardy’s ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’, where Gabriel Oak eked out a lonely shepherd’s life until he met Bathsheba Everdene.

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INNSiDE Melia Palma Center. Experience fabulous Palma from the rooftop.   

04/02/2020 by .
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Helen Warwick reviews INNSiDE Melia Palma Center and chacks out Mallorca’s capital from the rooftop.

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The Bristol Hotel, Bristol

30/01/2020 by .
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I was last in Bristol in the 1970s when the harbour was a desolate wasteland. Since then it’s been spectacularly transformed by tasteful new developments which include bars, restaurants and art spaces.

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Paschoe House, Devon

23/12/2019 by .
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There’s romance in the air at Paschoe House, a luxury boutique twixt moors and sea in North Devon. And mystery too.

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Luxurious Hartwell House Hotel. Aylesbury

17/12/2019 by .